Aaron & Gertrude Karchmer Memorial
Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 73-1463604. Reported 71 grants totalling $714,238 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Aaron & Gertrude Karchmer Memorial did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,600. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $180 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Care | Oklahoma City, OK | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dean Mcgee Eye Inst Fnd | Oklahoma City, OK | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dean a Mcgee Eye Institue Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Indiam Cultural Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Care | Oklahoma City, OK | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Myriad Gardens Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $26,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First American Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ssm St Mary's Hospital | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple B'nai Israel | Clearwater, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities Fdn of Ok | Oklahoma City, OK | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ok Israel Exchange | Oklahoma City, OK | $14,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts | Oklahoma City, OK | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ou Foundation | Norman, OK | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ok Contemporary Arts Ctr | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,378 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Last Frontier Council | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Arts | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ok | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opry Heritage Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Irving, TX | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America Last Frontier Council | Oklahoma City, OK | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Humane Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Senior Follies | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jimmy Everest Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,980 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Oklahoma City Initiatives Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Il Holecaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Okc Beautiful | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Okc Community Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Project Woman | Tulsa, OK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Calm Waters | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma City Community Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oshof Jim Thorpe Team | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Se Illinois Community Fdn | Effingham, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teen Recovery Solutions Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Souls Episcopal Church | Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East End Hospice Inc | Westhampton Beach, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ground Zero | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Bnai Israel Foundation | Clearwater, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Israel Exchange Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Autism Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carmel Bach Festival Inc | Carmel, CA | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Childrens Health Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ostomy Association of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
15 of 51 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 26%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Dean a Mcgee Eye Institue Foundation
SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATION OF ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $110,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $357,180 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $201,360 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 16 | $45,198 | $1,800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oklahoma. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,600. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Aaron & Gertrude Karchmer Memorial's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 436, Oklahoma City, OK, 73101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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